I hate this idea. The cool thing about the Winter Classic was that it happened once a year. This is just silly, and agree on how absurd a March hockey game is. The sun angle is way too high that time of year.

To add, I just now noticed there is a game in LA on January 25th. The average high/low in Los Angeles for the month of January is 68/48. As columbia said, I have absolutely no clue who thought that would possibly be a good idea.

blurryhaze312 wrote:Would anyone be shocked to see venues using artificial ice?

would never happen. I have a friend who has more money than God and he has a small artificial rink in his backyard. once you get going it's not that bad and stopping was actually easier than I thought but skating backwards, particularly the transition was nearly impossible.

shafnutz05 wrote:To add, I just now noticed there is a game in LA on January 25th. The average high/low in Los Angeles for the month of January is 68/48. As columbia said, I have absolutely no clue who thought that would possibly be a good idea.

And January is the rainy month in L.A. The league must have great confidence in their ice gurus.

I've always disliked the gimmick since the start. Disliked it even more once the Pens became the poster boys of this money grab events. And now downright despise these things since Crosby got rail-roaded in a rain filled water pong game in Pittsburgh.

I do not look forward to the March 1st game and hope the Pens bench all their stars in this lunacy game.

Letang Is The Truth wrote:i dont understand why people are upset at this for being a money grab? heaven forbid people try to maximize their profits.

Going to be funnier when the new third jerseys come out and they are no what people "want" yet how many people will go buy them leading to yet another endless debate on when are they going to give me the jersey i want as a third

meanwhile the NHL will be in the cash room counting all their dollar bills straight to the bank